RFP-Broadband - 2015 Improved Broadband Communications Infrastructure Analysis

Summary of Specifications:
The City of Cherry Hills Village is soliciting information from broadband communications companies for an Improved Broadband Communications Infrastructure Analysis. The City would like to develop business partnerships with companies that can support and/or provide improved broadband communications services (i.e. 1 Gbps symmetric service) to residents to be implemented contemporaneously with the City’s planned undergrounding of overhead utility lines. The City does not wish to be a direct service provider but instead would like to facilitate the development of a fiber optic or other platform to be used by private entities in the delivery of broadband communications services to all City residents and property owners. This could involve a combination of fiber, wireless or other technologies. The City’s role in funding, construction, ownership of conduits and fiber optic lines and easements is negotiable. The City is interested in an open access system that would allow unrestricted entry for service providers that would not involve exclusive long-term rights to provide services.